Abstract
The anthology of Anglo-Saxon verse now known as the Exeter Book comprises a selection of poems that are variable in their quality and eclectic in their choice of subjects. Prayers, hymns, elegies, maxims, bestiaries, riddles and heroic lays intersperse a text in which the sacred coexists with the profane. It is this unique range of subject matter and its often candid treatment which has ensured that the Exeter Book has continued to be mined for evidence as to the sexual proclivities of the culture which created it. It is my intention in this paper to continue that enquiry, but with particular reference to some of the poems within the Exeter Book that might appear to present an erotically ambiguous message.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-22 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 2006 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |